” Ok, I don’t want to take much of your time…my girl will be 6 and like I said I want to do something with her room that has been the same since she was a baby. I know I want to paint her walls pink because that’s her color ..and last week it came to me that I wanted to do it ombre style with about 3 shades of pink..first, what do you think?

…If I do the ombre style, do you think the lighter color should go on top or bottom and is 3 shades ok or more?

Lastly, I was looking at paint chips so is choosing the 3 (or more) colors from the same chip is the way to make sure they blend nicely or picking the darker shade and lighten it up with white better? “

This is what I think…

Ombré is HOT right now!

There is something about the classic stripes taking a modern look as the color changes from lighter to darker

that is making people go bananas!

…If you are one of those people this post is for you!

The Walls

The first thing anyone should keep in mind when painting walls is lighting.

The lighting of a room will change dramatically the look of your paint.

If any of you is thinking about painting the walls start with the lighter shade of color on top.

I love the three top shades of pink that Rachel from Lines Across used on this nursery.

I would stick with no more than 4 to 5 shades of the same color on just one accent wall.

The entire room may be overwhelming.

Do not try to add white to a darker paint instead use the same chip or different ones that blend well together.

Then I would pick the lighter tone of pink for the rest of the room.

Before you paint…

Keep in mind that children grow rapidly and trends come and go.

You can achive the same ombre effect with keeping the color of your walls neutral

and introduce the different shades of pink with furniture and accesories.

This way you can easily change the look of a room as their taste and age changes.

FURNITURE

Any piece of furniture with drawers is perfect to work with.

The drawers can be painted in different shades of the color you choose

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4 Comments

I love your idea of painting ombre stripes with each stripe a bit narrower than the one below! I just published a blog post this morning about how we painted the ombre stripes in our nursery, and at the end I gave some examples of alternate ways to introduce ombre into a room – and I linked to your blog post. Just wanted to let you know 🙂http://blueistyle.blogspot.com/2013/03/PaintingOmbreWallStripes.html

Desiree…eres genial!!!
I can’t tell you how grateful I am that you took the time to make this post and you have totally helped me out here. My sweet girl’s birthday is August 28th.. cross your fingers that I’ll make it happen by then!
I’m loving the accent wall design …and that ruffled bedspread is gorgeous and dresser…I just love everything!
You’ve definitely given me plenty of awesome ideas so now I better get to work!!!
Thanks Desiree, you are a generous soul! 🙂

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